The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare recently said the government of India has formulated an action plan for managing Zika virus Disease.
About Zika virus:
It is a mosquito-borne virus, similar to dengue fever, yellow fever, and West Nile virus.
It is a single-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus.
It was named after the Zika Forest in Uganda, where it had been discovered for the first time in 1947, and the first human case of Zika was reported in 1952.
It typically occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, the Americas, Southern Asia, and the Western Pacific.
Transmission:
It is most commonly spread to people by the bite ofan infected Aedes species mosquito.
It can also spread through sexual contact, blood transfusion, and from an infected mother to her baby duringpregnancy or childbirth.
Symptoms and Complications:
Many people infected with Zika will not have symptoms or will only have mild symptoms.
The most common symptoms are fever, rash, headache, jointandmuscle pain, and red eyes.
Infection during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects, such as microcephaly, as well as other neurological disorders in the baby.
It has also been linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder that can lead to muscle weakness and paralysis.
Treatment: There is currently no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat Zika.
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